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ARTS: TELEVISION
List: Top Ten USA Game Show Winners by Money Won
Date: up to end 2004
Source:
Base: Amounts won in US dollars (US$)
Notes: Surprisingly, considering the USA invented the game show format, the 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' show was actually a European creation that was franchised.
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Winner
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Amount Won (US$ million)
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Game Show
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Ken Jennings
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2.522
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Jeopardy
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Dr Kevin Olmstead
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2.200
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Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
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Ed Toutant
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1.860
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Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
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Lt. David Legler
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1.765
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Twenty-One
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Curtis Warren
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1.420
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Greed
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Brad Rutter
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1.155
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Jeopardy!
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John Carpenter
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1.125
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Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
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Rahim Oberholtzer
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1.120
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Twenty one
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Dr Tim Hsieh
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1.040
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It's Your Chance of a Lifetime
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Dan Blonsky
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1.001
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Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
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